Conversation is easy to keep going as long as someone keeps asking "what next?"
But from Qin Yan's pale and perfunctory "And then?", Fu Changling knew that there would not be the kind of joyful conversation between him and Qin Yan that he had imagined.
He deeply felt that Qin Yan's inability to chat was not something he developed after becoming a demon cultivator. He was just a person who was born unable to speak.
Fu Changling decided not to talk to Qin Yan. He immediately said, "So, we must work together to find a way out. Let me tell you our basic situation. We are now in a secret realm. This secret realm is the Xuanji Secret Realm. I think you know this secret realm."
"I know." Qin Yan nodded, "Hongmeng Tiangong and Jinguang Temple are on good terms."
"Then you must know that Xuanji Secret Realm is the most dangerous realm in the hands of Jinguang Temple. There are only two ways to escape. The first is to force your way out, but this requires a cultivation level above the late Incarnation stage. Neither you nor I can do it now."
In fact, it is not impossible to do it, but the price to pay is too high. Just like in his previous life, he almost shattered his golden elixir to accomplish this. But he didn't say it, so Qin Yan naturally didn't know.
Qin Yan just nodded in agreement.
Fu Changling breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his cooperation, and continued, "Then we only have the second option, which is to explore the rules of this secret realm and get out by completing them."
Every secret realm is actually a test set by the predecessors for the future generations, and there must be a corresponding method to pass it. In the previous life, Fu Changling and Yan Ming explored the rules of the secret realm in this secret realm, but until the end, they did not succeed.
But with the foundation laid in his previous life, Fu Changling believed that this time would be much better. While thinking about the follow-up, he said to Qin Yan, "Before we leave, we must survive. Now you are injured, and I am injured. We are two patients, and we must work together to face these difficulties together. So, no matter why you want to kill me, let's put it aside now and go out together first, okay?"
Qin Yan didn't say anything, as if he was thinking.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Fu Changling continued to persuade him earnestly, "Even if you don't consider our current status, there are still many things you want to understand. For example, why did Wushi Luo bother us even though Shangguan Hong was already dead? This Xuanji Secret Realm has always been in the hands of the Jinguang Temple and has never been opened to strangers. Don't you think it's strange that it opened so inexplicably? Do you want to understand these issues? If so, what use can a sword cultivator like you be? You still want to cooperate with me."
"We both have our own specialties. Brothers working together can achieve great things. Regardless of the current situation or what happened before, you must cooperate with me."
"When you escaped earlier, you drew a teleportation array."
Qin Yan suddenly spoke. Fu Changling was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he suddenly said this, but he nodded and said, "Yes."
"The Xuanji Secret Realm you were teleported to?"
Qin Yan looked up at him, and Fu Changling immediately said, "No, no, no, it's not me. I was teleported to a small village ten miles away. My teleportation array is not that powerful."
"Then why are we here?"
"Maybe..." Fu Changling hesitated, "It's just a coincidence?"
Qin Yan remained silent, thinking seriously. Fu Changling fanned him with a fan and continued to brainwash him, "Look, there's still a lot you don't understand. No matter why you want to kill me, whether you're angry with me or have other motives, there's no rush to kill me. Oh, by the way," Fu Changling said casually, "Why are you coming for me?"
His words were very skillful. He had already determined from the moment he opened his mouth that Qin Yan was coming for him, and then continued to ask questions. If Qin Yan answered in the same way, no matter what the answer was, at least he could be sure that Qin Yan was coming for him.
But Qin Yan did not answer. Instead, he responded with a question: "How do you know Shangguan Hong's death blood is a golden elixir?"
Fu Changling felt helpless. He didn't know whether Qin Yan understood or was pretending not to understand. However, he knew that Qin Yan and he were testing each other at the moment. If he wanted to form an alliance with Qin Yan, he had to show some sincerity.
So he explained the principle to Qin Yan in earnest: "Shangguan Hong's technique is to absorb the spiritual power of others and use it for his own benefit. Any part of the body that comes into contact with it will absorb spiritual power. However, when the spiritual power of others enters the body, there is always a place that needs to be transformed. There is no place on the human body that is more suitable than the Golden Core."
There are other locations as well.
Fu Changling thought to himself.
After all, the Golden Core was so conspicuous that any normal cultivator would have expected it. Therefore, in the early days when the demon cultivators from the Karma Prison faced off against the Yunze cultivators, even with their demonic cultivation techniques, the Yunze cultivators weren't completely defeated. It wasn't until later that the demon cultivators from the Karma Prison realized this problem and relocated the location for converting spiritual energy elsewhere that Yunze began to suffer widespread slaughter.
However, Shangguan Hong's technique is only a prototype, and he most likely would not have thought of moving the location of spiritual power conversion away from the golden elixir.
Qin Yan listened to Fu Changling's explanation and obviously had other ideas. He continued, "Then where did the formation you used to hit Shangguan Hong come from?"
"Since he's using spiritual energy as a means of attack, then we just need to block his spiritual roots." Fu Changling explained the principle of the formation to Qin Yan and couldn't help but praise him, "The formation is very simple, you can figure it out with just a thought."
In fact, that formation was indeed a common method used by the Yunze Immortal Realm to deal with the Karma Prison Demon Cultivators. It was just that he was the creator of this formation. However, since he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage today, the formation he used was slightly modified, and it looked like a prototype.
After he finished answering these words, Qin Yan remained silent. Fu Changling observed him for a moment, and seeing that he did not refuse to partner with him, Fu Changling took advantage of the situation and put his hand on Qin Yan's shoulder, saying seriously: "It's settled. From now on, you and I are brothers in this secret realm. We will share weal and woe, life and death together. We must trust each other and protect each other. Let's stop fighting among ourselves, okay? Anyway, you can't kill me for the time being, so why bother?"
Qin Yan didn't respond, and Fu Changling frowned: "You're not still thinking about killing me, are you?"
"You're right..." Qin Yan exhaled and nodded, "I will protect you and get you out, but you have to promise me one thing."
"You say." Fu Changling became happy and said quickly, "Don't go too far. Anything is fine."
"No matter what the circumstances, you cannot destroy the formation of this secret realm and force your way out."
Hearing this request, Fu Changling's heart skipped a beat. The reason was simple: in his previous life, he and Yan Ming had indeed forced their way out, but they had paid a heavy price for it. He didn't know why Qin Yan had made this request in the first place, but if there was another way, he didn't want to go through the same path again.
So he nodded, raised his hand and said, "Deal!"
Qin Yan's face relaxed significantly upon hearing his words. He looked at Fu Changling's hand in front of him, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and placed it on Fu Changling's. Fu Changling immediately smiled and squeezed his hand hard, then said, "From now on, at least in this secret realm, we are brothers."
Qin Yan was about to speak when a commotion broke out outside. Fu Changling turned around and saw a fat woman in colorful clothes leading a group of people in a noisy manner.
Qin Yan frowned. Fu Changling saw the woman and immediately made a plan. He turned to Qin Yan and said, "Brother Qin, the most urgent thing is that we have to leave this place so that we can figure out the rules of the secret realm behind. I need your cooperation here. Is that okay?"
"Can."
Qin Yan nodded and said, "I still have 50% of my cultivation left to use."
"You don't need to practice, just keep quiet." Fu Changling let go of Qin Yan's hand and turned to look at Wu Sisi, who was walking in with a group of girls. When Wu Sisi walked to the wooden cage, Fu Changling suddenly rushed over, grabbed the wooden bars, looked at Wu Sisi, and said excitedly, "Miss Wu! Miss Wu, you're finally here!"
Wu Sisi was startled by Fu Changling and stepped back, almost falling.
Fortunately, the maid behind her supported her. Wu Sisi hurriedly stroked her chest with her hand. After a moment of rest, she said unhappily, "Why are you screaming? You scared me to death!"
"I am happy!"
Fu Changling said excitedly: "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
"You're waiting for me?" Wu Sisi looked at him suspiciously. Then she looked Fu Changling up and down for a moment, her tone softening a lot. She asked cautiously, "Master... Master, have we met before?"
"I have seen you!" Fu Changling confirmed. "You spoke up for me outside the temple at noon."
After hearing this, Wu Sisi thought for a moment, then she opened her eyes wide and looked at Fu Changling in disbelief: "How come you look so good?!"
Fu Changling was quite impressed by this. He coughed lightly and said a little embarrassedly, "I hit my face against the temple this morning. The injury hasn't healed yet, but I'm feeling much better now. I'm sorry to have troubled you, young lady."
"Are you okay now? That's great. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Do you want something to eat?"
"Miss," Fu Changling sighed, "I'm very hungry and thirsty, but these are not my biggest headaches right now."
"What is that?"
Wu Sisi was a little confused. Fu Changling turned his head to look at Qin Yan, his eyes full of worry. Qin Yan was bewildered by his gaze. Then he heard Fu Changling say, "What I'm most worried about now is my younger brother. He's injured and squeezed in here with me. His injuries have just worsened a lot. I'm worried about him... worried about him..."
Fu Changling's tone was almost like crying. He kept signaling Qin Yan with his eyes. Qin Yan reacted after a moment and coughed twice to show his weakness.
Wu Sisi listened to Fu Changling's description with sympathy in her eyes, and then said, "Then...what should we do?"
"Ms. Wu," Fu Changling turned to look at her, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I have an unwelcome request..."
"You tell me, I can do it!"
Wu Sisi raised her hand and covered her chest: "Seeing two beautiful women like you suffer such grievances, my heart aches!"
"Ms. Wu, could you please ask the people in charge in this town to make some concessions and allow my brother to go out and recuperate?"
"What about you?" Wu Sisi asked with concern, "You are injured too!"
"I'm fine," Fu Changling covered his chest and coughed twice. "Although I'm also seriously injured and my life is at stake, my death is a small matter. I can't let my brother die. If one of us must die, I hope," Fu Changling looked up at Wu Sisi and said affectionately, "it's me."
"I'm so touched."
Wu Sisi looked at Fu Changling: "But, my father is in charge, and he won't let me let anyone go easily."
Hearing this, Fu Changling knew that he had to use his trump card.
He had been laying the groundwork for this moment for a long time!
"Miss Wu, do you know why I insist that you take my brother out?"
"Why?"
"I hope he's alive, that's the first reason. And the second reason is... that's..."
"What is it?"
"I hope, young lady, can be happy!"
Fu Changling said with real emotion: "I hope that my brother's infatuation can be seen by you, Miss. I know that you have my brother in your heart, and he also has..."
"Fu..."
Qin Yan's veins were throbbing, and he couldn't help himself. But as soon as he opened his mouth, Fu Changling came over and covered his mouth with his hand: "Don't be shy! Let me tell Miss Wu!"
"Miss Wu," Fu Changling turned his head and looked at Wu Sisi, saying seriously, "He likes you! He is willing to marry you!"
Qin Yan's mouth was covered, and he immediately drew his sword. But Fu Changling was faster. In the narrow space, hidden by his sleeve, he pressed Qin Yan's sword down again and whispered quickly, "Sacrifice the small self for the greater good!"
Wu Sisi was overwhelmed by the news. She was stunned for a moment, raised her finger, pointed at Qin Yan, who was covering his mouth with anger on his face, and said in disbelief: "You said... he... he likes me and is willing to marry me?"
"Exactly!" Fu Changling nodded and said seriously, "He fell in love with you at first sight, and fell in love with you again. He will marry you for the rest of his life!"
Wu Sisi raised her hand to cover her mouth, filled with shock. The girl next to her quickly persuaded her, "Sister Wu, go talk to the mayor. This young man is deeply in love with you. If you still refuse him, it will be too hurtful."
The sisters' words left Wu Sisi somewhat baffled. After a long moment, she suddenly realized something and said to Fu Changling, "What about you?"
Fu Changling was stunned for a moment, a little bewildered: "Me?"
"You said you wanted me to be happy," Wu Sisi said, not knowing what she was thinking, sadness in her eyes. "Isn't it because you love me?"
"ah?"
"I saw your sad expression and your pain. You actually love me, but because your brother loves me, you don't dare to tell me, right?"
"etc……"
Fu Changling was a little shocked. He had no idea what was going on in this woman's train of thought. Qin Yan calmed down and looked at him sideways with the expression of a bystander watching a show.
"I've made up my mind," Wu Sisi said firmly, "I can't let you down for being so affectionate. I'm sorry, brother." Wu Sisi looked up at Qin Yan and apologized sincerely. Then her eyes fell on Fu Changling, raised her finger and pointed, and said domineeringly, "I declare that I want to marry you!"
Fu Changling: "Ah?!"
"That's it," Wu Sisi nodded and said, "Come here, bring them both back to the mansion. I'll take them and talk to my father in person!"
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【Small Theater】
Fu Changling: "From now on, you and I are brothers in this secret realm. We will share weal and woe, life and death together. We will trust each other, protect each other, and never leave each other."
Qin Yan: "Are you sure you're talking about brothers?"
Fu Changling: "Yes."
Qin Yan: "How many brothers like you do you have?"
Fu Changling: "You are the only one."
Qin Yan: “…”
Wu Sisi: "I always feel like you two are talking in a gay way."
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